Tornado, McCormick
- When
- March 21, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- McCormick County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -82.330
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 21, 1974
21 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $525,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
21 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- March 21, 5:25 AM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -82.250
Thunderstorm Wind, McCormick
- When
- March 21, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- McCormick County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -82.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- March 21, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -82.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Newberry
- When
- March 21, 5:35 AM CST
- Where
- Newberry County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -81.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Aiken
- When
- March 21, 5:35 AM CST
- Where
- Aiken County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -81.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Edgefield
- When
- March 21, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Edgefield County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -81.920
Tornado, Edgefield
- When
- March 21, 5:55 AM CST
- Where
- Edgefield County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -81.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Aiken
- When
- March 21, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Aiken County
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -81.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Saluda
- When
- March 21, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Saluda County
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -81.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Newberry
- When
- March 21, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Newberry County
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -81.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- March 21, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -81.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- March 21, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -81.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- March 21, 6:25 AM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -81.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Barnwell
- When
- March 21, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Barnwell County
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -81.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Barnwell
- When
- March 21, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Barnwell County
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -81.370
Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- March 21, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -80.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- March 21, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -80.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Allendale
- When
- March 21, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Allendale County
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -81.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- March 21, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -80.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 21, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -80.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Orangeburg
- When
- March 21, 7:05 AM CST
- Where
- Orangeburg County
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -81.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Marlboro
- When
- March 21, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Marlboro County
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -79.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Dorchester
- When
- March 21, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Dorchester County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -80.630
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 21, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, March 21, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 21, 1974
- Hail in Delaware, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New York, March 21, 1974
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10114461, 10114462, 10114463, 10114464, 10114465, 10114466, 10114467, 10114468, 10114469, 10114470, 10114471, 10114472, 10114473, 10114474, 10114475, 10114476, 10114477, 10114478, 10114479, 10114480, 10114481, 10114482, 10114483, 10114484.